Monthly Archives: September 2023

2023-09-11: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Cross-party mission goes to Washington seeking Assange's freedom. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Cross-party MPs to travel to US to call for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-10). Cross-party mission goes to Washington seeking Assange's freedom. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-10). Cross-party MPs to travel to US to call for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

John Kiriakou, Consortium News. (2023-09-10). United States Justice Department's Next Victim. popularresistance.org Many of us who write for and read Consortium News are worried about Julian Assange's personal well-being, especially amid rumors that the British High Court will soon issue a decision to extradite the WikiLeaks publisher to the notorious Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) to face multiple counts of espionage. | Julian deserves unwavering support, at the very least because he alerted the world to crimes being committed by the U.S. government. His bravery has been well-documented, even if the government says that he is a danger to American national security. | The U.S. Justice Department has made something of a sp…

Kelley Vlahos (2023-09-10). Russia Targets Kyiv with Drone Barrage as Ukraine Takes Aim at Crimea. news.antiwar.com The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defenses downed a series of Ukrainian drones targeting the Crimean Peninsula on Sunday. The same day, Ukraine reported intercepting dozens of Russian drones in the skies above Kyiv. Voice of America — the US state media outlet — reported that Ukraine was targeted with over three dozen Russian …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-09-10). Russia Targets Kyiv with Drone Barrage as Ukraine Takes Aim at Crimea. news.antiwar.com The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defenses downed a series of Ukrainian drones targeting the Crimean Peninsula on Sunday. The same day, Ukraine reported intercepting dozens of Russian drones in the skies above Kyiv. Voice of America — the US state media outlet — reported that Ukraine was targeted with over three dozen Russian …

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-09-11). "The Other 9/11": Ariel Dorfman on 50th Anniversary of U.S.-Backed Coup in Chile That Ousted Allende. democracynow.org We look at the 50th anniversary of what is sometimes called the "other 9/11" — the U.S.-backed coup in Chile, when General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende and inaugurated almost two decades of brutal military rule. Allende died in the presidential palace on September 11, 1973, marking the end of Chile's first socialist government. During Pinochet's military dictatorship, more than 3,000 people were disappeared or killed, and some 40,000 more were tortured as political prisoners as Chile remained a close partner to the United States during the Cold War. "We&#8…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-10). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Steve Zeltzer (2023-09-11). Apple Whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik Files Explosive RICO Corruption Suit Against Apple. indybay.org Apple whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik has filed explosive RICO corruption suit against Apple for criminal practices, worker retaliation and collusion with government officials.

ecns.cn (2023-09-11). U.S. citizen sentences to life in prison for espionage. ecns.cn A citizen of the United States has been given a life sentence by a Chinese court for espionage, China's national security agency released on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-09-11). China's security authorities disclose details of a U.S. meritorious medal-awarded spy. ecns.cn China's national security authorities on Monday released details about the case of John Shing-Wan Leung, who holds permanent residency in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and a U.S. passport, and was sentenced to life in prison on espionage charges.

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2023-09-09: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-09). Cross-party MPs to travel to US to call for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-08). Cross-party MPs to travel to US to call for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-09). Cross-party mission goes to Washington seeking Assange's freedom. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2023-09-09). Livestreamer detained for using drones to tail women. ecns.cn A livestreamer in Chongyang county, Hubei province, has been placed under a 10-day administrative detention and had his account suspended after using drones to invade the privacy of women on their way home, as reported by China Central Television on Wednesday.

Maha Hilal, Scheer Post. (2023-09-09). 22 Years Of Drone Warfare And No End In Sight. popularresistance.org That's what a young Pakistani boy named Zubair told members of Congress at a hearing on drones in October 2013. That hearing was during the Obama years at a time when the government had barely even acknowledged that an American drone warfare program existed. | Two years earlier, however, a Muslim cleric, Anwar Al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman, both American citizens, were killed by U.S. drone strikes in Yemen just weeks apart. Asked to comment on Abdulrahman's killing, Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs said: "I would suggest that you should have a far more responsible father if they are trul…

TASS (2023-09-09). Two Ukrainian drones downed over western Crimea. tass.com Air defenses have shot them, the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said…

ecns.cn (2023-09-08). Livestreamer detained for using drones to tail women. ecns.cn A livestreamer in Chongyang county, Hubei province, has been placed under a 10-day administrative detention and had his account suspended after using drones to invade the privacy of women on their way home, as reported by China Central Television on Wednesday.

WSWS (2023-09-09). Biden rejects medical treatment as part of a possible plea bargain for Guantanamo prisoners tortured by CIA. wsws.org The five men were abducted shortly after the 9/11 attacks under the pseudo-legal provisions of the "war on terror" legislation passed by Congress. This legislation sanctioned the "rendition" of "enemy combatants" anywhere in the world, including citizens of the US, and their indefinite detention, without formal charges or a trial, at CIA sites and military facilities, where they were subjected to "enhanced interrogation," i.e., torture.

Editor (2023-09-08). John Kiriakou: U.S. Justice Dept's Next Victim. scheerpost.com

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-09). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-08). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Mohammed Amin (2023-09-08). Sudan: Torture and sexual assault taking place in illegal detention centres. middleeasteye.net

Steve Zeltzer (2023-09-09). Apple Whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik Files Explosive RICO Corruption Suit Against Apple. indybay.org Apple whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik has filed explosive RICO corruption suit against Apple for criminal practices, worker retaliation and collusion with government officials.

Steve Zeltzer (2023-09-08). Apple Whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik Files Explosive RICO Corruption Suit Against Apple. indybay.org Apple whistleblower Ashley M. Gjà∏vik has filed explosive RICO corruption suit against Apple for criminal practices, worker retaliation and collusion with government officials.

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